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Sodbury Fuels: celebrating 10 years in business
...depot and one tanker in 2014. Now, we have moved to a larger depot and have six tankers. In 2014, Andy and I were the only members of staff, we...
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Introducing the combined density and viscosity meter from Anton Paar
...of a tank farm are stable product quality during storage, and the avoidance of unintentional mixing and product loss, and these are supported, controlled and secured by digital measuring devices....
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Airport Energy – making every single litre count
...three fuel stations, 250,000 litres of storage, four tankers and an oil and water truck. Working airside is operations manager, Craig Heggie: “A coil is fitted to the filler neck...
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DAF takes the Suckling Transport service provide of the year award
...national road tanker fleet and the 2014 performance data from each was measured objectively and weighted on importance. Imperial Commercials secured victory with a 100% MoT pass rate, high levels...
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Vessels delivering Russian diesel are ‘sailing through a loophole’
...fossil fuels from Russia contain a loophole so large oil tankers are sailing right through it. “A ban on Russian-flagged and Russian-owned tankers simply isn’t enough, there needs to be...
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Decarbonising fossil fuel in transport: have we been asking the wrong question?
...additives that are designed to chemically alter the fuel, X-Carbon is just a tiny shot of the same petrochemicals that are already in the tank. The important difference is the...
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TOTY Runner UP: WP Group – ‘tankers that symbolise who we are’
...footprint as well as supporting customers to do the same, the group announced that its fleet of HVO tankers would not only carry HVO but run on it too. Currently...
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The Crown goes to Emco Wheaton
...one of the brand new DAF CF tankers. “In my time as a tanker driver, this is definitely the easiest system I’ve ever used. Its speed, coupled with ease of...
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Do you know the finest tanker driver?
Ian Ross of NWF Fuels took the 2016 title – does your company have this year’s finest tanker driver? With less than six months to go until FPS EXPO 2017,...
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Craggs Environmental to double in size, coverage and capacity
...fuel management and environmental services, which include man entry tank cleaning, fuel sampling, polishing and tank decommissioning. “This is really exciting news and I’m delighted to welcome the team from...
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Isle of Wight Fuels to close its doors
After 60 years of trading, the parent company for Isle of Wight Fuels (IOWF) has decided to close the business, which includes the Isle of Wight’s only fuel storage depot,...
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New fuelling site installation from Cameron Forecourt helps council become more efficient
...three-compartment above ground tank for diesel, gas oil and Ad Blue; three new pumps in a security cabinet, and Cameron’s Eclipse web-based fuel management system. Cameron Forecourt also installed aTLS2...
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ADR Training: Claudia Weeks joins Barton Petroleum
...boxes to see if I can guess the code!) We all gained certificates to enable us to travel in a tanker if ever needed.” A big thank you to Barton...
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Clarehill Plastics acquires Balmoral Tanks rotational moulding business
On 31st October Balmoral Tanks divested the manufacturing of its range of rotationally moulded oil, water, wastewater and rainwater harvesting products to Clarehill Plastics. Trading as Harlequin, Clarehill has acquired...
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Safety performance wins gold
...areas were identified to help deliver safety improvements. These were Slow Speed Manoeuvring (SSM) Elimination – addressing the potential risks associated when loaded tankers manoeuvre onto or off a filling...
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Tanker driver passports exceed 5,800
...knowledge and skill required by a petroleum tanker driver that are not covered by the current ADR scope. It includes an assessment of practical ability and has been designed to...
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Tanker manufacturer opens second factory
Road Tankers Northern (RTN) has opened a second factory in Barnsley. Founded in 1991, RTN is growing steadily and has now expanded its Barnsley headquarters and built a new specialist...
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New skid for County Oils
...was only out of action for two and a half days.” The County Group also purchased two new tankers from Road Tankers Northern in 2011, both of which were fully...